Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Johnson, 1807 |
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Pàgina ix
... Nobility • Seditions and Troubles • • • Atheism • .. • • . Superstition Travel Empire Counsel Delays Cunning · Wisdom for a Man's Self Innovations Dispatch • Seeming Wise Friendship • Expense • The True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates ...
... Nobility • Seditions and Troubles • • • Atheism • .. • • . Superstition Travel Empire Counsel Delays Cunning · Wisdom for a Man's Self Innovations Dispatch • Seeming Wise Friendship • Expense • The True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates ...
Pàgina 49
... NOBILITY . WE will speak of nobility first as a portion of an estate , then as a condition of particular persons . A monarchy , where there is no nobility at all , is ever a pure and absolute tyranny , as that of the Turks ; for nobility ...
... NOBILITY . WE will speak of nobility first as a portion of an estate , then as a condition of particular persons . A monarchy , where there is no nobility at all , is ever a pure and absolute tyranny , as that of the Turks ; for nobility ...
Pàgina 50
... nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state , for it is a surcharge of expense ; and besides , it being of necessity that many of the nobility fall in time to be weak in fortune , it maketh a kind of disproportion between ...
... nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state , for it is a surcharge of expense ; and besides , it being of necessity that many of the nobility fall in time to be weak in fortune , it maketh a kind of disproportion between ...
Pàgina 51
... nobility extinguisheth the passive envy from others towards them , because they are in pos- session of honour . Certainly , kings that have able men of their nobility shall find ease in employing them , and a better slide into their ...
... nobility extinguisheth the passive envy from others towards them , because they are in pos- session of honour . Certainly , kings that have able men of their nobility shall find ease in employing them , and a better slide into their ...
Pàgina 56
... nobility , and other degrees of quality , in an over - proportion to the common people , doth speedily bring a state to necessity ; and so doth likewise an overgrown clergy , for they bring nothing to the stock ; and in like manner ...
... nobility , and other degrees of quality , in an over - proportion to the common people , doth speedily bring a state to necessity ; and so doth likewise an overgrown clergy , for they bring nothing to the stock ; and in like manner ...
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